Ash-sifter.



PATENTED DEG. 25, 1906.

P. RAPOPORT. ASH SIPTER.

APPLIOATIoN FILED DB0. z. 1905.

,UNITEE s PAUL RAPOPORT, F NEW YORK, N.- r.

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' sitter. wherein ashes will be iven an up-andclaim.

fined wholly within the device, and from which the separated cinders and ashes may be readily removed.

The invention comprises the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, whereln- Figure 1 is a central section of an ash-sifter embodying my invention, and 2 is a in the direction of the arrow. o

ln the Vaccompanying drawm s, in whlch sumlar numerals of reference 1n icate correpending parts in both views, the numeral 1 vindicates aV closed casing or box having a removable ash drawer 2, ada ted to slideV through an opening in one wal ofthe casing v and shown havin 'a ilange 2aviittin against the outer side of i ing therein, and at l is a cover for the casing lshown provided with depending flanges 1",y

e casing to close t e opentting around the Io en top of the casing, which cover may be inged to the casing, as o f bv hinges 3, and the cover may be held closed byalatch 4, en a in asta le5 on the casing, whereb the calgsiisig gx ay bd) tightly closed for use an the cover may be thrown back for access to the interior of the casing.

Within casing 1 are transversely-disposed bars or rests 6, upon which a reciprocative frame or hopper 7 rests. Said ho per 7 is open 'at the top and bottom and is shown having' downwardly-converging walls, the(` under surface of opposite side vgalls'be' f Ishown cut away at 7v ,so kthat the edges 7 may rest upon the bars 6 andthe parts 7c may extend below'th ar's -Specication. of Letters Patent. Application filed December 2, 1905. Serial No. 289.9146.

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'by down jarring motion, the ust can be con- 1 shown'located on o Ailuenc'` cross-sectionon the line a, a 1n Flg. 1 looking -walisjof hopper 7, so as to .upon lift the hop receptacle 14', an 'whenfthelcanis pass from .the might Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

its reciprocating motions by engaging with the side walls' of the casing, the upiper edges of the hopper 7 also being adapte to.

cate Ain Fig. 2, to serve in the hop- At 9 are springsgattached to the hopper and also to casing 1 to draw the hopper the side walls of the casing, as indi- 6o downwardly and hold it upon the bars 6, ,al- 6 5 though the hopper Vmay be allowedto drop gravity.

A t- 10 is a shaft extending acroscasir 1 y and journaled thereon, the shaftbeing ocated beneath y-hop'per 7, and said shaft has 7o.

cams' 11 secured near. opposite ends and -g' p osite sides of hopper 7 adapted to lift sai opper, as by means of inte osed rollers or projections 12, carried by t e hopper, the shape of the cams being suchas to l1ft the hopper during part of the rotation of thecams'and to then pass from theroll'ers 12 toallow the hopper to suddenly desce upon the bars, assisted by the inois rings9. Within tllie hopper 7 is a receptacle 14 for the' ashes to be sifted, which receptacle 1s fopen at the top and bottom and provided -at the bottom openlng with a screen or wiregauz'e 15, upon which the ashes rest. receptacle 14 its snugly within hopper 8, so as to rise. and fall therewith, and said receptacle is shown" having its fwalls correspondin vto the walls of hopper 7, or, in other The 8 5 words, t e walls of receptacle 14 converge 9o downwardly substantial y parallel to the it in and be suppofted by said hopper. Handles 16 upon receptacle 14 permit the latter to be lremoved from' hopper 7 as required.

The operation is as follows: The parts being assembled and cover 1a per 7,restin upon the bars 6, with the cams 11 hanging own, as shown in the drawin s,

sifted, the shaft 10 is rotated to the right in Fig. 1 by its handle 10a. The cams 11 there. er 7 ,andthereby raise the the contained ashes, and

offthev hopper, springs 9 are not yed or' in conjunction with said springs mployed, .cjaus'es the hopper to sud- ;descendfuntil it`comes to rest upon the Iontainednashes own with 1t, and as heashes* are suddenly' closed, the hop- -and the'receptacle 12 filled with ashes to e 10o rollers 12 the 105 threbyfean'yn. the rreceptacle 14 no y NTV l checked in their descent the ashes Will be shaken and the finer particles will sift through the screen 15. The speed of rotation of shaft 10 of course determines the character of sifting to be accomplished, the s ifted articlesfalling into the drawer 2. After t e'siftingha's been com leted and the floating particles have settledp the cover 1a is removed, the receptacle 14 lifted out, its

contents disposed of, and then replaced, and the ash-drawer 2 can be removed and replaced.

- Having now described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of a casing and means for.- tightly closing the same, ashaft extending across the casing and provided With cams near opposite ends, a hopper within the casing above the shaft provided With projections on o posite sides above the cams and indepen ent thereof to be engaged by the camsl for raising the hopper bodily freely in an upward direction, saldcams being arranged to release the projections and' permit the hopper to drop suddenly free from the cams, supports carried by the casing and extending beneath the hopper to support the latter When free from the cams and a rece tacle adapted to fit Within the hopper an r0- vided With an open top and a perforated E tom.

P. RAPOPORT.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN CHESS, T. F. BOURNE. 

